Today is the 16th.
Every day I have been awaking by a small piece of heaven, today I woke up to hell falling on earth. Waking up by air raid siren is bound to give an old man a heart attack.
"W-where's the bunker!?" I ask.
"The what?" Questions Alissa.
"It's the wyvern attack, get up," Hana says. She's already putting on her clothes and armor.
It's not even dawn yet, it's 5 AM. Ciel explained to me how it's going to work so I just go to the hunters guild with Alissa while the girls prepare and wait at the house. We run through the town, the magical lights give an eerie atmosphere, the cloudy skies block the colorful moons, and the light rain is the cherry on the gloomy cake of today.
When it's starting to feel chilly we reach the guild, there are adventurers coming from everywhere. The guild extended a large tent outside the building and everyone is huddling inside of it.
"Silence! Speak only when necessary!" Yells an attendant with a magically enhanced voice.
She repeats this every so often and the incessant talking dies down to murmurs. I can see Silas is at the middle of the tent on a table while one of his attendant is searching both on a map and a list. A line forms and I get on it.
"Fellowship name?" The attendant asks.
"Helios," I answer.
"Farm protection. Number 3, east side."
"We have great expectations upon you, Mr. Ryder, don't disappoint us on this time of need," Silas says, rubbing his magnificent beard
The murmuring dies down completely and all eyes are on me. I expected a dangerous position but number 3 is worse than even Ciel imagined. Anyway, it's time to look cool.
"Helios will not disappoint, we are ready and willing to fight for this town," I say, with a clenched fist over my heart.
We will fight but we will not die, I will use [
Gate
] the moment any of us gets too close to danger. But my words seem to have the intended effect causing Silas to smile, then the murmuring exploded again making the attendant yell for silence.
There's not much else to do, we return home.
"By the gods, Wolf, you owe that guildmaster some favors or something?" Ciel asks.
No good deed goes unpunished.
"I think he owes me, actually, after this I expect some good rewards. We did bring quite a lot of proof of subjugation of strong monsters so I guess he really thinks we are strong," I say.
"Zinotue and Burkanolf are stronger than the average wyvern, the problem here will be the number," Roxanne says.
"Well, you don't seem too worried about this fight," Ciel says.
"I will keep [
Gate
] ready for us, any sign of real danger and we are leaving. I don't care if we have to escape the continent to avoid shame I won't let any of you die."
"Awn..." Roxanne hugs me and sniffs, "When we marry we can just live inside the succubus sacred territory, no one will question you there."
"I hardly think we will have to go that far," Hana says, "With Roxanne's elixir and a defensive position we will last a long time, we even have a good window to ask for assistance."
We review our strategy. Ciel, Hana and me at the front, 3 water elementals behind for support, Lina for any stragglers, and Roxanne and Alissa on top of the chest-high wall beside the road. Aoi will stay besides Roxanne, I have no confidence in ever leaving Aoi alone, a tamable dragon is valuable.
"I am sorry for not being useful," Lina says and bows.
That was uncalled for. I throw a hand chop on her head.
"Gueh!"
"Don't be silly, we will train you and you will certainly get strong enough to be a vanguard," I say. I hate such submissive behavior.
"Yes, I will work hard!"
"Now, give me your hand, it's time for the party."
She extends her pale, frail hand. Such delicate hands, hard to believe she can wield such a large war hammer. Once I release her hand her pale face is as red as Hana's hair.
We move towards the east gate, it's fully raining now. Above us, a huge wooden platform floats towards the southern wall.
"On top of that is the Lord's heavy ballista, the Dragon's Bane. We won't be able to see it but at position 3 perhaps we can see when the bolt fires," says Ciel.
We reach the gate and there's a long line of soldiers marching through it. Groups of adventurers are also leaving but in much smaller numbers. Once we cross we see the soldiers going south, they will be positioned to defend the wall. The soldiers are all holding rectangular scuta shields and long pikes.
Any attack by monsters who are not breeders or led by a monster of the type of the Orc Chief will be just a horde attacking the biggest concentrations of humanoids, whether these humanoids are combatants or not. On Rabanara this means that hiding behind the walls will only cause the wyverns to fly over and enter the town, creating chaos.
To counter that the lord brings out his army outside the south wall as bait and starts massacring any monster that gets close. They use mages to create ditches and moats, they put palisades to funnel them, traps at choke points and random spikes and rocks. The way they modify the terrain to maximize extermination efficiency could almost be considered art.
There's also the main weapons, the ballista array, they are magic tools that fire giant arrow upon arrow that almost seem like a machine gun from Earth, these terrifying weapons have a kill count that makes a hunter blush. And then there's the final weapon, the Dragon's Bane, a huge ballista that killed any dragon it met with a single shot. This strategy and organization is what gave the title Enemy of Wyverns to the Anara family and to the Lord Alaraste. No one alive in this continent killed more wyverns than him.
While the army butchers the main force of wyverns, we, the adventurers, either patrol the town for any invaders or protect the farming fields behind Rabanara. Without the farms Rabanara will surely wither and fall. Protecting the farms is a rather dangerous job because there's an unknown number of wyverns that will detach from the main force and come towards the farms. The hunters are arranged on a line along the road, starting from 1 being the closest to the gate and 2 further away and so forth. Since we are number 3 we are rather close to the main force of wyverns, meaning we will certainly deal with a considerable number of them.
Our position is marked with a banner, far away we can see the number 2 and number 4 fellowships, they are too far to help in a timely manner if we screw up. The number of competent and reliable fellowships is not large, every wyvern attack the adventurers are spread thin, but the prestige from success won't be small. Being called here means we are considered a very strong fellowship, which will net us a good reward in the future, if we survive.
We stay at our positions trying to concentrate while shivering in the cold rain. Ciel casts [
Inspire
], I manipulate Roxanne's extra skill points so she gives us each a cup of [
Filling Waters
]. I give us all area blessings, summon 3 water elementals, drink an MP potion, and sit down to recover mana. Before I close my eyes I see Roxanne smirking, my water elementals are women that have a distinctive ponytail, side bangs and wear oval glasses and high heel boots.
Hello again, gods. I'm not directing this prayer to anyone in particular right now since I'm not sure who I should ask for help so please listen to me a little. This will be a dangerous fight, we don't know how many are coming so it's hard to prepare. I ask for a bit of mercy on this fight, I want to grow and get stronger but it seems every time I fight, something dangerous is thrown at me. I don't want these women to suffer but I realize it's useless to protect them up to this degree, they are all warriors who made their decisions. So I ask that you at least give them enough power for them to stand beside me, I want us all to fight and go back home together.
Another air raid siren is sounded, two tones, the monsters are coming. I stand up, dawn is here, 70% of my mana is recovered. We all drink Roxanne's elixir. I put the 2 extra points I had into [
Battlefield Perception
], I don't gain eyes on my back but I always get an "intuition" about the state of the others. The ground shakes and we hear the noise of a large amount of footsteps.
"GUAAAAH!" We hear the cry of a wyvern. Multiple cries follow it.
"Two Hooknoses approaching from the sky!" Alissa yells. In the distance, I see 2 black dots above the treetops.
Hooknose is a type of 2-meters tall brown wyvern that has no claws but it has a curved sharp horn at the tip of its face, it uses it to launch its prey in the air and kill it by gravity. Its jaw is wide and flat, good for crushing if the nose is not enough.
A wyvern appears from the middle of the trees, it's a Deathclaw, a 1 and a half meter tall black wyvern. It has bat-like wings with 3 half-meter long claws at the wing bone, it uses these claws to rip the meat of its prey.
"COME HERE YOU LITTLE CHICK, MAMA WILL GIVE YOU A SPANKING," Hana taunts.
None of us have a shield, there are no projectiles coming so no need for that. Hana is going to be one of the main killers of this battle, without a shield her [Sword Use] and [Two-Handed Sword Use] add to each other, allowing her to show the true strength of the dragonkin.
The Deathclaw is going to arrive first, he's charging straight to Hana. To conserve mana only the elemental behind her starts charging a spell.
100 meters.
80 meters.
60 meters.
40 meters.
20 meters.
[
Water Blade
]! I hear the elemental cast in my mind. Through Hana's side a large, thin blade rushes towards the frenzied wyvern and hits it on the shoulder. A deep gash appears, blood pours and mixes with the rainwater. Its charge is disrupted and it tumbles forward.
Hana jumps forward and her spear lands into the already open wound, it goes halfway in and she releases the spear.
"GUAAH!" The wyvern cries in pain. Its head slowly moves in a dramatic way, a perfect target.
Alissa wastes no time, with [
Perfect Arrows
] and her slightly enchanted bow she has no problem in the rain. Her first arrow is a hit and goes through the eyes of the wyvern, it goes limp and dies.
"Holy shit Alissa, you are awesome as always," Hana says. I "feel" Alissa fidget.
I'm a bit amused that "holy shit" is also a swear here.
Hana goes back to her spear and pulls it out. I store the corpse in my "Items". We can hear sounds of battle at the distance.
The two Hooknoses land 60 meters in front of us and charge towards Hana.
"ALL THREE!" I scream. The elementals all charge a spell.
Like they are in sync, the 2 Hooknoses try to skewer Hana from each side at the same time. Hana summons her wings and jumps up, the Hooknoses collide with each other and the 3 Water Blades wound both, the left one loses his horn.
Me, Hana, and Ciel strike at the same time after the [
Water Blades
] do their job. I make a downward strike with all my strength and increase my sword's weight with [
Telekinesis
], I cut the neck of the wyvern deeply and blood spurts on my arms. I jump backwards.
Ciel's thrust penetrated the side of the neck of the wyvern, she pushes down and keeps his head in place. Hana falls down with all her strength and her spear lodges inside the skull of the left wyvern, it's dead.
The wyvern I cut lashes out and tries to bite me, my [Dodge] skill makes itself useful until an arrow pierces the roof of the mouth.
"GUYEH!" It screams in surprise and retreats.
"HAH!" Hana yells and slashes downwards with her sword. It receives another deep cut on the other side of its neck.
The wyvern writhes in pain and tries to run but collapses midway, it will die soon due to blood loss. I store the closest wyvern in "Items" after I help Hana recover her spear with [
Telekinesis
].
"You are now level 18."
I put all my points into [Sword Use] (now 13+6).
"The way I'm using this spear it will break soon," Hana says.
"It's low quality anyway, we should have gotten you a high quality one," I say.
"Look forward! Three Coming!" Alissa yells and our short break ends.
2 Hooknoses appear with a Deathclaw in the middle of both.
"Ciel! Together!" Roxanne yells. I feel them both charging a spell.
"Remember that you are light, don't let the Hooknose lift you!" Hana yells to me.
Actually… I have an idea. I charge [
Lightning Bolt
].
When in range, Ciel lets out [
Wind Blade
] and Roxanne [
Water Blade
]. The Hooknose loses the right wing to it and rolls around in the ground in pain, Ciel rushes to skewer it. Hana throws her spear into her Deathclaw, it pierces its chest, making it stagger and lose the speed of charge. I cast [
Lightning Bolt
] but mine barely slows down, I cast another and it reduces speed to a walk, 2 arrows pierce its flank, but not deeply.
My wyvern bites 3 times, I swing my sword to keep it from trampling me, I land a few cuts. It swings its tail and I dodge, once its back is turned it receives a painful arrow in the back that sinks deep. Hana is having a sword fight with her Deathclaw and she cut off 2 claws already, Ciel is stabbing the Hooknose and slowly pushing it back, filling it with wounds.
My wyvern growls and bites at me again, I have to make sure my sword doesn't get caught or I'm screwed. This time Alissa hits the tongue of the wyvern, it gets angrier and decides to try to skewer me. It lowers its head and pushes forward. I jump, slash downwards, and increase the weight of my sword as much as I can. The sword pierces the wyvern through the head and buries itself up until the hilt, it falls limp on the floor. With a little effort, I manage to dislodge my bloodied sword.
I go help Hana and slice off the foot of the Deathclaw, it falls down on the ground and Hana pierces its heart with her sword.
Roxanne casts [
Water Blade
] towards the chest and finishes off the suppressed wyvern Ciel was fighting.
We quickly collect the proof of subjugation of each monster.
"Hana! Taunt them!" Alissa yells and points.
There's 2 Jazars trying to sneak through our left side. The Jazar is a 2 and a half meter tall bright red wyvern, it has no wings but it has long and thin freaky arms, at its fingers are 10cm long claws with an edge. Hunters harvest those claws to use as knives.
"OVER HERE, SHITTY GECKOS, I NEED NEW TOOTHPICKS!" Hana taunts.
The running monsters make an emergency stop and immediately change course towards Hana.
"ALL THREE! GIRLS, WAIT FOR THE SPELL!" I scream, the elementals obey.
We gather near Hana and wait. The wyverns run with their arms raised high, it's really creepy.
When they reach 20 meters three [Water Blades] fly through us. The right arm of the left wyvern gets cut off, the other wyvern receives one long cut through its flank and dodges the last blade.
Hana charges with her spear and skewers the left wyvern, it gets stopped in place and her spear breaks, following the break Ciel stabs the wyvern and it tries to escape. My wyvern ignores me and I run my sword through its flank, due to [
Telekinesis
] the wound is much deeper than I could ever cut. The wyvern screams and tumbles down past me. When it raises its head it receives an arrow through the eye and dies.
Hana moves past her wyvern and blocks its escape. This wyvern got desperate and it's swinging its remaining arm wildly, blocking any of us from getting close.
"Four more are coming!" Alissa yells. She can't do anything, the scales of this one are too tough for her arrows.
"Roxanne! Finish it!" I yell, she starts gathering mana.
"[
Water Blade
]!" She yells.
The wyvern gets hit in the back and staggers, it was a really deep wound. Hana and Ciel waste no time, they both slash towards its neck and blood gushes out. We retreat, it wobbles a bit and collapses a few meters away from us.
"EVERYONE…! BARRAGE!" I scream, trying to catch my breath. Everyone gathers mana, I charge [
Lightning Bolt
].
The wyverns land 80 meters from us and pick up speed, they are all Hooknoses.
"FIRE!" I yell.
I let out my charged [
Lightning Bolt
], the one I hit falls down and eats dirt. Before he even stops moving an arrow goes through his eye and he dies. The others get multiple wounds, one is wobbling and can only walk towards us, the last 2 keep their charge.
Hana and Ciel get ready to receive the charge.
"[
Wind Wall
]!" Ciel yells.
An area in front of her gets blurred and the wyvern slows down, it struggles but passes through. This delay was enough and Ciel thrusts at its chest, the attack misses the heart but it goes deep. Ciel follows it with a slash, the already wounded wyvern gets cautious and stops moving just to receive an arrow at the flank. It enrages again and charges, receiving Roxanne's [
Water Blade
] on the skull, making it wince. Ciel then slashes downward with her glaive and the blade buries itself on the already wounded part of the head, the wyvern goes limp.
Hana summons her wings and receives the charge by thrusting her sword at the chest of the wyvern and holding it in place. The monster tries to bite at her but she kicks it off her sword and pushes it to the side. It falls near me and I slash at its neck aided by [
Telekinesis
], blood spurts out again and reaches my face. The monster whips back and tries to skewer me. Hana dashes forward and buries her sword into its skull through its eye, it's dead.
The last wyvern limps forward and receives an arrow in the last leg, it falls down and pitifully tries to crawl towards us, its eyes glare at us with hate and evil intent. Then the shine on its eyes goes away as an arrow pierces one eye and kills it.
We get a small breather. Hana pulls out a spare shitty spear we have.
Lina collects the proof of extermination for us, she's quite anxious about not being able to do anything so she insisted on doing this. I'm sitting down trying to meditate but the cold from the rain is making it difficult.
"Lina! Five coming!" Alissa yells.
Lina cutely scurries back towards us and we get ready again.
From multiple places 5 wyverns appear, 2 Hooknoses, 2 Deathclaws and a Jazar.
"EVERYONE! FOCUS JAZAR! FIRE AT WILL!" I scream.
Alissa lets out multiple arrows, the Jazar slows down. The elementals finish casting and multiple wounds cover its body, it stubbornly keeps moving. Ciel unleashes her [
Wind Blade
] and it barely dodges, opening a long cut on its flank. Alissa fires another arrow and it stumbles, Roxanne takes the opportunity and unleashes her [
Water Blade
], it goes through the skull and it dies on the spot.
"DEATHCLAWS? MORE LIKE KNIFECLAWS, YOUR CLAWS CAN'T EVEN SCRATCH ME!" Hana taunts.
The Deathclaws aim at her and the Hooknoses aim at me and Ciel, one for each of us. Mine seems a bit big though, I'm just slightly scared.
"CIEL! JAZAR COMING!" Alissa screams. I "feel" that Roxanne is capable of assisting her, she will be fine.
The Hooknose is coming too fast for me to face it head-on. I don't wanna waste more mana on him and Alissa is busy covering Ciel, I will just avoid him until I get an opening.
The wyvern comes with such a force the ground trembles. I dodge towards the side, I slash as I dodge and I manage to give a shallow wound, then my view goes dark…
I blink, I see the sky and rainwater goes into my eyes. My head hurts. I immediately cast [
Heal
], the pain goes away and I lift my body, I see the Sea of Trees in front of me. I feel a chill on my back so powerful I almost piss myself, "death" is coming. Fucker had spread its wings and hit me in the head as I moved past it.
I roll sideways and I hear a pound, I roll again and I hear a clack, I get into a crouch position and jump, I feel the wind on my back as a tail swipes at were I was. I turn around and a pointy horn is thrusting towards me. I use [
Telekinesis
] on myself, reducing my weight, I put my foot on the nose besides the horn and I'm lifted upwards like a feather.
I'm flying, kinda. I don't have a lot of control over [
Telekinesis
] when I use it on myself so I'm still kinda screwed when I fall down. I look at my hand and luckily I'm still holding my sword, convenient.
I don't want to fall slowly into the open mouth of that monster so I increase the gravity of my sword as much as I can, it pulls me down fast.
The monster opens its mouth and ignores my sword, fucking retard. I cut through its mouth like butter, its flesh, bone, and fangs were nothing to stop me. The sword was angled in such a way the lower jaw is left hanging by a small piece of bone. I fall down heavily on the ground, couldn't manipulate my gravity skillfully enough, my legs and spine hurt. I "feel" Hana is hurt, but I hear her laugh so I guess she's fine.
The monster roars and shakes its head, spewing blood all over, its tongue falls down on the floor. For his temper tantrum, he receives an arrow down his throat. The monster chokes and retches dramatically.
I rush forward and slash at its leg, it falls down on one knee and tries to swipe at me with its tail. I block with my sword and I'm thrown back a few meters ass down into the mud. My muscles ache, I'm getting tired.
I "feel" Ciel get hurt, my heart aches but I have to finish this one first, I believe Roxanne won't let her die.
I dash forward and the monster tries to skewer me but it lacks power. I dodge and slash at its nose, a shallow wound. It tries to sweep me again but I'm too far, a small step back and I'm fine. Once its back is turned I slash at the other leg, it cries in pain again and nearly falls.
It tries to squash me with its head but I dodge sideways and slash again, this time I make a deep wound at the neck with [
Telekinesis
].
The girls are fine, the wounds are just like mine, acceptable. The monster tries to spread its wings again and hit me but I just duck and stab it. The monster tries to retract the wings and I pull my sword causing a large and painful tear on its wing. It gets cautious and glares at me, trying to retreat.
An arrow on its back and it gets desperate, trying to trample over me. I crouch and use [
Telekinesis
] on the sword and thrust it upwards, the wyvern steps on me but it screams and retreats its huge foot, now bleeding.
The monster stops for a second, perfect, I raise my free hand with a clenched fist and the elemental casts a [
Water Blade
] on the back of the monster. It roars and falls, I dash and slash at its already wounded throat.
"GUAaaaah~," The wyvern cries weakly.
It tries to wobble away and collapses, I thrust my sword down its skull, it's dead.
"You are now level 19."
Damn, that's a lot of experience. I put all my points into [Mana Recovery] (now 10+0).
Hana and Ciel are fighting one Deathclaw each, the Jazar is already dead from the elementals and Roxanne. I rush towards Hana and cast [
Lightning Bolt
], the wyvern freezes, it's stunned.
Hana's elemental unleashes a [
Water Blade
] and a wing is cut off. The monster roars and Hana takes the chance, she inflicts multiple deep cuts on the wyvern, her spare spear is already broken and half embedded into its chest. It flails its wings in vain, I slash at its leg and it falls on one knee.
"HAAAH!" Hana yells.
She slashes downward and the wyvern tries to defend but it's not strong enough. Its wings bend before Hana's slash and her sword gets embedded into the skull of the wyvern, it's dead.
Ciel pierces the jaw of Deathclaw and holds it in place, Alissa unleashes her arrow and it pierces the eye, killing it. She frees her glaive and crouches down, I rush towards her. She has 3 slashes across her chest, some blood and a little bit of chocolate cleavage can be seen.
I hear Ciel murmuring.
"How are you?" I ask, and touch her shoulder.
"… [
Heal
]. Ugh, I'm okay, just a flesh wound," she says and looks at her bloodied clothes.
I cast [
Clean
].
"Still bleeding?"
"Hm, nope, I'm fine," she says while feeling her clothes and armor," Don't look at me like that, I have been worse.
I sigh. I get too anxious when I see them bloodied.
"Heal Hana too please, I'm using too much of my mana already."
Hana is also fine just a scratch and bruises. She has 3 slashes on her flank and one on her shoulder, cutting the padding of the brigandine and exposing the metal plates. Her only flesh wound is a slash on her cheek, though it won't scar, dragonkin skin is just that good.
Wagons and horsemen rush around the road, wounded, news, replacement requests. This is a city-wide effort and their experience shows, for hundreds of years they have been doing this every year or so.
The rain is thinning but I'm still shivering with cold.
"SEVEN COMING!" Alissa yells.
Fuck me, they keep increasing.
"BATTERY!" I yell.
150 meters. They are not out of the woods yet.
Hana brings out her bow and arrows. We all charge mana.
"FIRE!"
Hana actually hits her arrow even in the rain with an average bow. No kills.
"AIM!"
120 meters.
"FIRE!"
No kills.
"AIM!"
90 meters.
"FIRE!"
1 down. 6 to go.
"AIM!"
70 meters.
"FIRE!"
1 down. 5 to go.
"FIRE AT WILL!"
My mana is low, I have to save my spells.
"YOU ARE JUST EXPERIENCE FOR MY SOUL! COME TO ME!" Hana taunts, she fires one last arrow and throws her bow.
A Deathclaw comes to me, it has 2 arrows on its chest, it's bleeding from the lower body and it has a long tear on a wing. I draw my knife on my back and throw it. I'm actually bad at throwing so I use a bit of [
Telekinesis
] and turn it into an arrow. It sinks heavily into the shoulder of the wyvern and slows it down. I charge forward.
I slash upwards and the wyvern parries with a claw, the other wing comes and I dodge back, the wyverns are awkward at fighting close range, they rely on overwhelming strength instead of skill. I lift my hand with a clenched fist and a weak [
Water Blade
] slashes the wyvern at the neck, it's a shallow wound.
I gotta buy time for the elemental to charge a blade strong enough. Alissa is busy trying to support Hana, the 2 Jazars she's fighting are being tough, Roxanne is also busy helping Ciel fight 2 Hooknoses.
The wyvern coughs blood, good, it's weakened so I can parry its attacks more easily. I say that but when I parried its claws it's still stupid strong like an orc. I use my skills and deflect the attack allowing me a quick slice on its wing. The wyvern is not enraging, perhaps it's smarter than the others.
We trade a few blows and I dodge back to catch my breath, it coughs blood again. It charges forward, I dodge sideways and it slashes at me at an odd angle, weak. I push back and jump forward to slash, I put weight into my sword and start to cut over its chest. Something hits my flank and I see the sky again.
I fall down on something hard and the air escapes my lungs. Holy shit it hurts.
"ALISSA! HELP MASTER!" Lina screams.
I try to stand up and fall down in pain, I use nearly all my mana on [
Heal
], something is definitely broken. I had fallen on a rock, my ribs still hurt even after healing. If I use any more overuse symptoms will start.
A shadow covers me and I look forward, the wyvern is going to bite me. A large orange fox tackles the wyvern and bites it on the wing. The wyvern struggles and shakes around, the fox suddenly flies away and lands on its feet, it has a bloody mouth and spits a lump of wyvern muscle.
"Master, are you alright?" Lina asks, she brings a red potion to my mouth and I drink it.
"I'm out, I can barely fight."
The wyvern suddenly turns to me. Oh fuck, did it hear me? Can it understand me?
It moves towards me. Alissa charges after it and bites the leg, the wyvern tumbles but doesn't fall.
"HAAAH!" Lina screams.
She immediately jumps forward and her long war hammer hits the head of the wyvern, it slashes back at the same time and Lina flies away. The wyvern struggles to keep moving, its head is wobbling. Thanks, Lina.
I lift my hand in a clenched fist. The elemental lets out a blade, it buries deeply inside the neck of the wyvern. It falters and Alissa incredibly manages to throw it backward, it twitches and doesn't get up.
"You are now level 20."
There must be some bonus for killing monsters the first few times.
Hana is hurt again, I'm worried now.
"Help Hana!" I yell to Alissa and regret it since pain strikes me again.
She turns around and transforms back. With incredible speed she fires two shots and moves sideways to flank the wyverns.
I look at Lina, she's getting up, she's just bruised and dirty with mud. With the help of Roxanne, Ciel finishes her last Hooknose, she immediately jumps forward and slashes at Hana's Jazar. It's too weak to dodge and defends itself with its arm, which gets cut off.
Alissa circles around the last wyvern and puts 2 more arrows on its back, it struggles to move due to pain. Hana summons her wings and jumps, she lets gravity act and slashes downwards, she splits the head of the wyvern in two.
Hana falls on her knees, Ciel rushes to heal her. Hana's armor is ruined, she must have plenty of bruises now. I wonder what would have happened if we didn't have [
Wind Armor
] or Roxanne's elixir.
Roxanne is tired, her mana is nearly gone, the elementals regenerate fast on this rain but they are still not that strong against these wyverns. They are the most stable to use in the rain, electric elementals are the most dangerous and fire elementals are useless, even earth elementals get weaker in the rain. We need to ask for a replacement.
I feel mana gathering far away, it's a lot of mana.
5 wyverns appear on the forest line, it's a group of Jazars. They are rushing towards us but they slow down and stop.
The mana gathering is so high the monsters are feeling it, even Hana who has the weakest [Sense Mana] stopped to look at the mana gathering. It's coming from the wall of the town, something is happening there.
I feel chills down on my bone, it's like I'm being pressured by the mana, it's the fear of what kind of spell requires so much mana. I feel like I could be dragged into a hole if I went there, I feel an instinctive urge to run away. The wyverns freeze and Alissa kills one with an arrow through the eye, hah. The other wyverns retreat.
I look back at the town and see black clouds gathering, our cloudy day turns into a frightening night as a thunderstorm starts. I don't feel much strength in my legs so I sit down.
I hear something resonate into my mind… [
THUNDER STRIKE
]!
The world turns white, day has come for a split second, the ground shakes and my ears hurt at the sound of a thunder so strong I wonder if it wasn't just a bomb instead. The cloudy day comes back after a few seconds.
A black dot on the sky starts to become bigger, it's falling down. I see the familiar blue shine of dragon scales. The falling dragon gets so large there's no doubt about it, it was the ancient dragon that killed Hilde.
Suddenly a thick black rod appears from the town and pierces the helpless falling dragon. As if it was nothing, the rod pushes away the dragon and it falls down far deep into the Sea of Trees.
"GUEEE!"
"GUOOO!"
"GAAAAA!"
The wyverns cry. The ground shakes and we hear again the beat of a large number of footsteps. The sound grows faint and distant until the only thing we can hear is the rain, no more sounds of battle.
"We won!?" I ask.
"YES!" Ciel cries and jumps.
"WE WON!"
We hear cheers in the distance.
"KWEEH!" Aoi yells.
"WE WON!" Alissa jumps at me.
"AH! My ribs!"
"Sorry! Sorry! Ciel, heal him please!"
After my ribs get put back into place we do a group hug. It's 9:00AM, we won the battle against the wyverns.